Wartime coal outlook urges early orders and home checks
A wartime plea urges homeowners to order coal for the coming winter while production runs at 90 percent capacity. It warns late orders may clog rail and river traffic as factories peak for victory. It also urges oil burner to coal conversions and heating system maintenance to conserve fuel.
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Coal and oil production figures from early 20th century data
The report notes total coal mined at about 51.9 million tons with key producing states Pennsylvania West Virginia Illinois and Kentucky. It cites 1940 exports at 16.46 million tons, major anthracite from Pennsylvania, and coke output near 273.8 million tons. Oil production rose from 442.9 million barrels in 1920 to 1.352 billion barrels in 1940 with prices falling.
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Home Canning Guidance for Sugar Rationed Season
Practical notes for homemakers on canning fruits and jellies with government sugar rations. Includes raspberry and blackberry jam formulas, spice options, and sug ar substitute tips as a sugar saver. Also offers an answer service from Miss Chambers of the Western News Union.
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Fuel User's Pledge For Efficient Home Heating
A homeowner pledge outlines steps to save heat and fuel. It urges keeping heating systems clean, inspected, and repaired as needed. reducing heat loss. learning proper operation. preventing smoke. avoiding over or under heating. and ordering fuel early to prevent shortages.
American Life Through Historic Lighting and Samplers Exhibit
A Cooper Union Museum display presents two centuries of American life via nearly 100 eighteenth and nineteenth century lighting appliances and more than 250 samplers. English Mexican French Spanish Dutch German Italian needlework contrasts with American pieces while lighting fixtures trace design shifts with oil lighting. New wallpapers textiles antique jewelry buttons metalwork pottery architectural sketches by Whitney Warren and tiles designs by William Morris are shown. A rare pair of glazed Belgian pottery figurines is included.
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Tin Can Status Clarified for Canning Loads
Lymm Says The Score Card outlines tin allocations for commercial canning. The Big Four vegetables plus asparagus pears peaches evaporated milk and fish get unlimited tin. Secondary items remain limited to 1940 levels with some exceptions. Food packed last year lasts into fall. this year's stocks arrive earlier. No hoarding needed.
Tom the tea towel cat wears V for victory
A 1950s style notice promotes a patriotic kitten named Tom as a subject for kitchen towel designs. From Monday to Saturday he poses for six captions, then Sundays in a cap for a V for victory. Includes patterns 29476, price 15 cents, tea towel and panholder sets, with ordering details.
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Jokes and Skits in a 1940s Comic Strip Fragment
A brittle collage of character sketches and puns shows a late school excuse about a ringing bell, a quip on driving a car, a pedestrian joke, and a satire about rationing with a husband calling his wife Honey.
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Bedulf
Parrot Buying Banters at the Shop
A humorous exchange in the shop features a lady complaining the parrot swears, while the dealer notes the bird does not drink or smoke, highlighting a witty pun on pet behavior.
Free yeast recipe book offer from Standard Brands Inc
An advertisement promises a free yeast recipe book featuring Oven Scones Cheese Puffs Honey Pecan Buns Coffee Cakes and Rolls. Readers are invited to send a card with name and address to Standard Brands Inc 691 Washington St New York City for the offer.
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